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Drive-By TruckersRelease date: 1st November 2024
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"Ever South (Live at 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, 2018)" is a track by Drive-By Truckers, from the album American Band (Deluxe Edition), released 1st November 2024. Full lyrics are available below.
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There's a southern accent where I come from The youngins call it country, the Yankees call it dumb I got my own way of working but everything's done With a southern accent where I come from There's a drunk tank in Atlanta, it's just a motel world to me Think I might go to Orlando if them orange groves don't freeze Got my own way of talking but every word's begun With a southern accent where I come from We packed our few belongings and we moved across the ocean Discarding new life in this land so bold and vast Disbursed from Ellis Island, my distant Irish kin Eyes cut to the future, hearts tied to the past We held on to our loved ones and we held tight to the promise And scraped our meager living into mountains We prayed to what would have us, every doubting John Thomas Spread through Appalachia, ever south Spread through Appalachia, ever south And I hear we weren't welcomed here, at least not in those days No one needs our drunken, fine, thieving kind We settled in this new place and we worked it in our ways And we spread our kin upon it in due time Spread our kin upon it in due time And we fought our losing battles and we held on to our ways We talked of how we left behind our better days Some living lives of leisure, some surviving hand to mouth Bash our heads against the future, ever south Bash our heads against the future, ever south When I cast my eyes upon you, we were both still in our prime We were moving in big circles out of sawdust to combine And I held you in my arms and swore eternal of this time Tried to lasso brighter futures, let it drag us both behind Lasso brighter futures, let it drag us both behind We aimed our sights westward like some did before Abandon our surroundings to some distant shore Where everyone takes notice of the drawl that leaves our mouths So no matter where we are, we're ever south No matter where we are, we're ever southMy Christian Southern brethren, will I tell you all what for? To leave your heathen ways behind you and your shoes outside the door Take a stand for noble causes 'til you just can't stand no more Surrender to some savior, praise the Lord But despite our best intentions it pains me to report We keep swinging for the fences, coming up a little short We sure can get it wrong for someone so devout I hear you whistling past the graveyard looking down Whistling past the graveyard looking down Ever southern in my appearance, ever southern in my stance From the Irish in my complexion to the Scottish in my dance From the way I bang my head against my daily circumstance If this blue-eyed southern devil take you out upon the prowl Decadence and charm will take it into town Tell you stories of our fathers and the glories of our house Always told a little slow, ever south Always told a little slow, ever south
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